Improvement in shank-burnishers for boots and shoes



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J. `WOODLEY. Shank-Burnsher for Boots and Shoes.

Patented Dec. 25, 1877.

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y J. WOODLEY.' l Shank-Burnisher for Boots and Shoes.

No. 198,722. A Patented Dec. 25,1877.

INVENTOR.

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J. WOODLBY. Shank-Burnsherfor Boots and Shoes;

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hereby declare that the to the annexed drawings,

' fully set forth.

UNITED STATE s PATENT OFFICE.

. "JAMEs wooDLnY, oF QUEBEC, rnovnvon on QUEBEC, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT |N sHANKyBURNlsHRs FOR BooTs AND s o|:s.

`Specification forming part o f Letters Patent 'No.lsffh4 "dated- December 25,1877, application tiled I November 10, 18772l j `To all whom it may camera.'

Beit known that I, JAMES WOODLEY, of

a new .and valuable Improvement in Shank- Burni'shers' rfor Boots and Shoes; land I do following is :a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same,reference being had making apart of this speciiication, and to theletters and iigures of reference marked thereon. ,Figure l of the drawings lis a side view of my shankrburnisher for boots andshoes.- Fig. 2Ais an end view. Fig. 3 isfa view ofthe wedge; .and Figs. 4,5, 6, v7, 8, andf9 are per# spective details thereof. 1 Y

The nature of my inventionconsists in the construction and arrangement of a machine for burnishing the shanks and top pieces of boots and shoes, as'will be hereinafter `more The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention.

` A represents the main frame of my machine,"

Vconstructed in any suitable manner, to receive the various working parts hereinafter described. At one end of the frame are two posts, B B, suitably braced, and in the upper ends of said post is placed a shaft, a, having a fast driving-pulley, C, and a loose pulley, C', to throw oli the driving-belt when required to stop the machine. On the inner end of the shaft a is secured a disk, D, having a central T-shaped groove, b, in its outer face, for the attachment and adjustment of a headed stud d, upon which is placed a loose sleeve, This sleeve is provided with a projecting boss, e, made hollow and tapped, in which is screwed a connecting-rod or pitman, h. The other end of this rod is screwed into a similar boss, el, :formed upon the burnishing-tool G, which is provided with journals k k, having their bearings in the upper ends of two rods, E E. The

connecting-rod or pitman h is adjusted longitudinally by being screwed in and out of the tapped bosses e el, and, when properly adjusted, is held rigid therein by means of jamnuts z' screwed upon the rod against the ends of the bosses, as shown.

v By adjusting the stud 'd closer to or farther 'from the center of the disk D,

the stroke may be regulated asrequired. The burnisher` Gr is ,made'ot any suitableI construction, andis 4hollow to receive a spirit or gas jet through a burner, m.

l The two'rods E E, which support the journals of vthe burnisher,'are connected at their lower ends by across-bar, E', from the center of which extends a rod, I, downward, and the lower end of this rod is placed loosely'ina socket, H, pivoted to the treadle K, lsaid treadle beingpivotedat itsinnerend to a rod, n, in the lower part of vtheframe A. The

socket H has projecting ea'rs on opposite'sides,

which .earsare, by rods p @connected wit-ha plate or collar, J, placedloosely on the upper part-of the rod I. This rodI is surrounded by a spiral spring, s, the upper'end of which bears against the plate J, and the lower end against an adjustable collar," t, secured on said rod I.

. By means of the treadle K the burnisher'G isbrought down on the work,'while the springconnection, as described,allowsthe blunisher to yield according to the shape of the work.

In the main frame A is a movable frame, L,

supported at its rear end by a bar, M1, pivoted to it, and to the rod n on which the treadle is pivoted. At the front end the frame L is supported by projecting pins or arms QJ u upon guide-bars w w projecting from the main frame. These pins or arms c c are, by pivoted rods X X, connected with the lower portion of the main frame, so as to be properly guided when the frame L is thrown forward or backward. This frame L carries a longitudinally-rocking frame, M, within which is a swinging frame, N, having the last O connected to it; and the object of moving the ame L backward and forward is to bring the last with the shoe or boot under the burnisher, and to remove it from the same for taking off the finished work and putting on new work.

The rocking frame M is curved on its under edges, and moves in guides y y on the frame L. It is operated by means of a lever, P, pivoted to the frame L, and connected by a rod, z, with the rocking frame.

On the rocking frame M are two upright standards, M2 M2, in the upper ends of which to put'on the boot or shoe.

is hung the swinging frame N, provided on one of its side arms with a projecting handle, N', for operating the same.

The last O is provided with a tenon, which is inserted and pivoted in a heel-piece, O. This heel-piece is provided with a stem, a', which'passes downward through a post, 02, and through the bottom of the swinging frame. The heel-piece Ol has also lips b on its lower end, to fit in corresponding notches in the top of the post O2, for holding it in position, and,

when the last and heel-piece have been placed in position, they are held, by means of a sliding wedge, R, on the under side of the swinging frame. The end of this wedge is to grasp the stema between an inclined plate, el', and nuts e2 screwed on the end of the stem, the plate d' being fastened to the under side of the rocking frame. rIhe slide-wedge R -is operated by means of a lever, R. l

Instead of forming the tips b' on the heelpiece O, as above described, Imay make said heel-piece short, and form the lip on the inner end of the last, to take into a notch on the upper end of the post.

lThe operation is substantially as follows: The frame L is thrown forward, the rocking frame also moved forward, and the stem a released, when the last O can be turned so as brought into position and fastened by the sliding wedge R, and the frames thrown inward again. By means of the treadle K the burnisher is brought down on the boot or shoe, and its motion back and forth as well as rocking, combined with the various motions imparted to the last by the movements of the frames M and N, completely and thoroughly burnishes the shank in a rapid and efficient manner.

4I claiml. In combination with a reciprocating and The last is then rocking4 burnishing-tool, a last supported in a rocking frame M,fsubstantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of a rocking frame, a swinging frame suspended in the rocking frame, and a last supported on the swinging frame, substantially as and "for the purposes herein set forth.

J 3. The combination of a reciprocating and rocking burnishing-tool, a last-supported in a swinging frame, and a rocking frame in which the swinging frame is suspended, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

4. The combination of the driving-shaft a, grooved diskD, adjustable stud d., sleevef, with boss e, the journaled burnishing-tool G, with boss el, adjustablemonnecting-rod h, and the rods E,al1y constructed substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination, with the rods E, carryf ing the journaled burnishing-tool G, and oonnected by a cross-bar, E', of the rod I, socket `^H, treadle K, rods p p, collars J t., and spring s, all Asubstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

6. The combination of the movable frame L, pivoted bar M', arms e o, guides w w, and pivoted rods x a', as and for the purposes speciiied.

7. The combination of the movable frame L, guides y y, rocking frame M, lever P, and rods z, all substantially as herein set forth.

8. The combination of the frame N, post O2, last O, heel-piece O1, with stem a', inclined part b', and the sliding wedge B, all substantiallyr as and for the purposes herein set forth. p

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES WOODLEY.

Witnesses:

J. B. DELAGE, JOSEPH BATES. 

